I work in software engineering at a consultancy here in Paris. I love my job and tech in general. When I'm not at work I can usually be found having apéro at a bar or café, or maybe out with a running club!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I love having guests because it encourages me to get out and do things in London that I don't usually do. It's great if I can practice speaking French or Mandarin Chinese a bit too, I don't get to use my languages much these days.

I've had some amazing experiences that would be impossible without Couchsurfing and I hope to have even more adventures in the future!

Interests

I like making and listening to music, dancing, the outdoors, real ale, festivals, China, gadgets and computing, speaking and learning foreign languages and meeting interesting people.

• festivals
• chinese new year
• dancing
• marathon
• pub crawls
• technology
• music
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• scuba diving
• engineering
• languages
• software
• tourism

Music, Movies, and Books

www.last.fm/user/popformula/ keeps track of what music I listen to.

As for books, I've read a lot of fantasy (from Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman to Robin Hobb to David Eddings), now I try and read classics (Crime and Punishment, A Tale of Two Cities, and Catcher in the Rye recently) and whatever my mum and dad sent me during my year in China (The Kite Runner, Inheritance of Loss, The Joke...)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Sunrise in the Sahara; scuba diving at the Great Barrier Reef; 40 below zero tourism in Xinjiang, the Gobi desert and on the Tibetan Plateau; Chinese New Year in Beijing; Completing the Amsterdam Marathon; Hiking California's Lost Coast with my Couchsurfing friend Jaime

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

China, France, United Kingdom

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